On the one hand the Papademos regime is saying that a chaotic default will have "ripple" effects throughout the global...
Greek Politicians
But why? Germany has made it quite clear that it is the Greek government's choice as the whether they want...
The Greek economy has been mismanaged by consecutive greek governments. The Greek central bank has been instrumental in allowing successive...
Ekathimerini spotted this important statement In his interview with CNBC, Papademos also stressed the need for wage reforms. “What you...
As usual the mainstream media in Greece has not missed the opportunity to denigrate and belittle the Greek people in...
Before talking about the new Drachma, we first have to identify the problem with the current Euro currency system and...
Papademos is apparently optimistic on the Greek economy. Athens News carried an article on it, unfortunately the whole article is...
Angela Merkel has publicly stated that Greece is free to stay in the Euro no matter what happens to the...
Kathimerini is one of the biggest newspapers in Greece. Today "the editors" have come out with an article dealing with...
It started on the weekend with the governor of the central bank of Greece telling people he will send the...
I wrote yesterday how the media in Greece was ramping up the propaganda about how bad life would be for...
Provopoulos the governor of the Greek central banks has, in an interview on the weekend, outlined his strategy for the...
Paris Ayiomamitis is featured in article today in Athens News. This is the paragraph that is attributed to Paris Ayiomamitis. Loser 2011...
Since Papademos took over the country as an unlected Prime Minster the talk of a general election has been clouded...
"Alternate Finance Minister" acknowledges government actions over the past 3 years have made things worse. Greeks have been put through...
The bankers control of the Greek economy is set to increase in January 2012 with the private banks to start...
How democracy has ended in Greece without so much as a single news article in the media I do not...
If there was any doubt that increasing taxes reduces government tax revenues the Greek economic crisis proves it. Despite massive increases in taxes over the...
Tax evasion as a "problem" in Greece is a fiction put forward by successive Greek governments. The purpose of creating...
Athens News carries an editorial today about the Greek governments debt problems, with the title "biting the bullet", like putting ammunition...
Nicolas Sarkozy has come out and said that the Greek austerity measures are not a big enough "punishment" on the...
As if Greeks needed more evidence that they were living under a tyrannical government, the Greek government has decided it...
Athens News carried an article today saying how 3 out of 5 Greeks approve of Papademos as Prime Minister. How...
Wikipedia defines tyrant as Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as, "one who rules without law, looks to his own advantage...
Athens News reports today that the first round of "labour reserve" will be drawn on Monday. I have said before...
From day one Samaras has said it was a mistake to raise taxes in a recession and expect to increase...
I'll get straight to the point. This is the quote In a July article in The Globalist, an online political...
Athens News appears to support the appointment of Papademos but I view it as a moral hazard, Greece is promoting the person...
With a "unity government" in Greece and with a supposedly neutral PM, could this be the shape of democracy in Greece...
Sure its warm in there and he has told you he will look after you but you know you can't...
One of the main men involved in Greece's fraudulent entry into the Euro could be made Prime Minister of Greece....
For the last 3 years it has seemed like the PASOK regime has folded like a handkerchief in the face...
I was reading an article on Athens News today which had a link to a DeBild article regarding the LAOS...
Like all governments, Greece spends more every year than it takes in in taxes. Also like all governments, Greece is...
This week Sarkozy and Merkel along with Papandreou have tried to turn to say the Greek crisis is down to...
The message from the EU is very clear, either Greeks support the government the EU wants or Greece can leave...
With one seemingly crazy political maneuver Papandreou has managed to transform the Greek political landscape in less than 48 hours....
Papandreou's referendum decision shows the complete contempt with which he holds the Greek people. (more…)
Papandreou calling for a referendum has not only put Greece in an interesting situation but also Angela Merkel (more…)
First of all I do not believe that Papandreou calling a Greek referendum was a suprise to the people closest...
The Greek referendum will end in a no vote. Every Greek I have spoken to say the "shock" referendum announcement...
Given the protests on 28th of October 2011 which led to the cancellation of the miliary parades in Thessaloniki could...
Papandreou will put his tenure on the line on the 4th of November 2011. Rather than being a test of...
Media outlets worldwide seem to be accepting the "official" story without question httpvh://youtu.be/QV8NqgEodtA (more…)
Greek Government Propaganda Techniques - 1. Denigration Definition: (more…)
About the authorTakis Pappas is an associate professor of comparative politics at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece (on leave)...
Usually the 28th of October is day of celebration for the whole of Greece with the largest event being the...
The Greek debt problem is extremely easy to solve. Before it can be explained why, we first need to understand...
A source close to George Papandreou say he will introduce a bill before the end of 2011 to changed to...
Reuters carried an in-depth article in July of 2011, I have pasted it in below. Basically it shows that the...
So it was announced today that Greek has been granted the next tranche of the bailout by the troika. The...
The following links show live video streaming of the mass protests in Athens in today. (more…)
The 19th of October 2011 will witness the almost complete shut down of the Greek economy. 2 main themes dominate...
It seems that every Greek I speak to says Samaras is the same as Papandreou, all politicians are looking out...
As I wrote in yesterday's article the Papandreou regime seems to get a buzz from causing chaos in Greece. I...
In the continuing efforts of the Greek government to tighten control over the spending of private citizens a new tax...
Apparently when a government takes over the running of something, it is not a nationalisation. That comes from the Greek...
Doesn't matter what animal, Lion, Tiger, DEI (the Greek state power company) he will take anything and anyone on. That is...
The primary reason why Greece has its current problems is the monopoly of power in Athens. 95% of all taxes...
A Greek default is almost inevitable. Employment is falling and GDP is shrinking and things are only going to get...
Greece sinks deeper into fascism with the latest law passed yesterday. If there was any doubt among Greek that they...
First of all let me summarise some of the key points as given by the Greek media and Greek politicians...
So the Greek parliament has passed the law which allows the public owned power company to collect an "emergency property...
The Greek public sector employs 800,000 people and yet the Greek government deficit is a massive 2billion euros a month....
If was not obvious enough, the Former Assistant Secretary of USA Treasury and Former Editor of The Wall Street Journal,...
1. The key to the Troika (IMF, EU and World Bank) plan is to bring the government deficit down to...
The Scotish newspaper the Scotsman came out with an interesting article quoting Venizelos. (more…)
The current PASOK government are carrying out 2 main actions to get the Greek government books under control. They are...
The bail out was orginally given to Greece to allow the PASOK government to reduce the government deficit. That was...
Forget about the bail outs, forget about Greece's next tranche of bail out cash from the Troika. Even if the...
1. VAT Increases The less you earn the greater proportion of your earning you spend every month. The less you...
It was announced that the Greek economy shrank by almost 7% in the first half of 2011 yet the government...
An independent panel of finance experts have said, that despite government efforts to reduce the government deficit the problem has...
As a sign of the corrupt times we are living in and if it could not be more obvious that...
It is official, democracy has left the building in Greece. The Greek government is now arbitrarily introducing random taxes on...
Papandreou's Agenda Papandreou has made every Greek citizen in Greece a slave of the international bankers and for what? For...
Athens News carries an interesting Article today covering a radio interview the Greek justice minister has given on Athens Radio...
ekathimerini.com has come out today and said the Greek government is proactively cooking the books to make the economic situation...
The Greek government has treated a group of Greek citizens unfairly. The Greek citizens protest. The Greek government then says...
